pelt in WordNet English dictionary

1. cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
   "They pelted each other with snowballs"
   pelt  bombard 
   
2. attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
   "pelt the speaker with questions"
   pepper  pelt 
   
3. rain heavily
   "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"
   pour  pelt  stream  rain cats and dogs  rain buckets 
   

1. the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
   fur  pelt 
   
2. body covering of a living animal
   hide  pelt  skin